1. Pastor/Teacher - Jim Rickard Tuesday, December 15, 2009 Grace Fellowship Church www.GraceDoctrine.org

2. Doxology Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.— Amen.

3. Memory Verse Mat 22:37, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all of your mind.”

4. John 14:28c Christ’s example of Humility!

5. John 14:28, “You heard (previous doctrine taught) that I said to you all, “I will depart (crucifixion, burial, resurrection, ascension and session) and I myself will come again face to face with you all (Rapture, Second Coming)”. If you had loved Me, yet you did not, you would have rejoiced (in the fact) that I am about to go to (face to face with) the Father, because the Father is greater than I (a reference to His submission to the Father’s Plan).”

6. Principle: The submission of Jesus Christ to the Father’s Plan (humility), was the key to winning the Strategic Victory of the Angelic Conflict.

7. As are result of Jesus’ victory He is glorified. As a result of His glorification, the Church Age believer shares in His victory and glory as His bride. Therefore we should REJOICE!

8. Doctrine of Humility 1. Humility is freedom from pride and arrogance, Prov 11:2, 16:18, 29:23; and does not exist in the cosmic system.

9. 2. Arrogance sooner or later captures the believer unless he remains inside GPS.

10. 3. The virtue of all believers is humility, which is total freedom from cosmic thinking and includes enforced and genuine humility, plus objectivity and teachability.

11. Psa 25:8 ‑ 9, “Good and honorable is the Lord; therefore, He instructs sinners in the way. In justice (Divine integrity) He guides the humble; consequently, He teaches the humble His way (plan, purpose).”

12. 4. Humility is maintained only by learning Bible doctrine utilizing the three R's; Reception, Retention and Recall.

13. 5. The mandate for humility is found in 1 Peter 5:5 ‑ 6 and James 4:5-6 which quote Prov 3:33 ‑ 35.

14. 1 Peter 5:5-6, “You younger men, likewise, be subject to your elders; and all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, for God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble. Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time.”

15. 6. Enforced humility is submission to legitimate authority.

16. 7. Genuine humility is the virtue of complete grace orientation to all situations through perception and application of Bible doctrine.

17. 8. Humility is distinguished from humiliation. Humiliation is to reduce your view of self to a lower status.

18. Humiliation is being mortified, while humility is being grace ‑ oriented.

19. 9. Humility is the quality or status of being humble.

20. 10. Humility is recognition of the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Word) and submitting to that authority.

21. 11. Since the Bible is the mind of Christ, submission to the authority of our Lord post-salvation renewing of your mind. Rom 12:2

22. 12. If you become neglectful of Bible doctrine, you are in a state of rebellion.

23. Luke 14:11, “For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

24. Grace Fellowship Church Grace Fellowship Church Tuesday, December 15, 2009 Tape # 09-089 Christ’s Example of Humility Upper Room Discourse, Part 319 John 14:28; 1 Pet 5:5-6; Luke 14:11; 22:42 James H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2009